Change Your Situation? Change Your Answer to This Question
If you want to change your situation, change your answer to this question: Am I in charge of this situation or is this situation in charge of me?
An Easy Way to Gain Wealth: Unlearn
I was rereading Anthony de Mello's book, The Way to Love, last evening and this sentence caught my attention: The reason why you are unhappy is because you are focusing on what you do not have rather than on what you have right now. Interestingly, earlier in the day, I was reading Nassim Taleb's new [...]
The Heart of the Matter
He doesn't think there is anything the matter with himbecause one of the things that is the matter with himis that he doesn't think there is anything the matter with him. This wonderful quote comes compliments of Inger Mewbern and her post Why You Might Be Stuck
A Visual Metaphor for Unlearning
You can be the smartest person in the world but "what you don't know" will always be greater than what you do know. Recognizing this reality can be the first step toward accepting the need to unlearn. Why? Because it is within this space of "the great unknown" where we will find those new truths [...]
To Learn You Must Also Unlearn
A young boy traveled across Japan to the school of a teacher. When he arrived he was given an audience by the sensei.“What do you wish from me?” the master asked.“I wish to be your student and become the finest learner in the land,” the boy replied. “How long must I study?”“Ten years at least,” [...]
My 10 Favorite Books (on Unlearning) of 2010
Dear Reader: It is the time of the year for lists, so I figured I would put together a list of the books which most influenced my thinking on the topic of unlearning this year. The list is in no particular order: #1: The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects by Marshall McLuhan. [...]
Underschedule to Overdeliver
It sounds paradoxical. How can you over-deliver on results by under-scheduling your day? It's easy, really. First, by underscheduling your day you will give yourself some time to think and reflect. And, by taking this time you will, counter-intuitively, come to focus on those things which are truly important. You will drop the clutter from [...]
The Secret to Unlearning in Seven Words
Give up on answers.Stay with questions.
Create Macro-Moments
Recently, the New York Times had an interesting article entitled Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime. One study cited in the article suggested that people learned significantly better after a walk in nature. It is speculated that the human brain uses the downtime to take in and process new information. As someone who enjoys walking [...]
A Glimmer of Truth
"What is truth?" asked the student. "Study the moonlight on the water," replied the traveler. The student did as instructed and returned with a satisfied smile. "It is like a constant upon a wavy ocean." "No," answered the traveler, "it is but a fraction of all the light reflected by the moon." "I see," said [...]